Since 2006, the Gunners have called the stadium their home and have worked hard to ensure continued success there.
Arsenal has one of the largest stadiums in the Premier League, with the Emirates’ seating capacity capped at 60,704.
However, their fan base is constantly increasing, and they need to provide opportunities for more supporters to watch the team in person.
Mikel Arteta’s side has improved greatly in recent seasons, attracting new supporters to follow the club.
However, a report on Football Insider claims it could be difficult for Arsenal to expand the Emirates Stadium because the ground was not designed to accommodate adding another tier.
The report also claims Arsenal could face difficulties raising money for the expansion and determining how long it would take to recoup the investment.
Just Arsenal Opinion
It would be great to have a bigger Emirates, and it might be cheaper than building a new stadium, but we expect the decision-makers to take their time and make the right choice for us.
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buy Wembley Stadium.
Rent the emirates to Fulham and brentford
Great idea billy bunter.
Fulham have spent a small fortune on their fancy new stand and Brentford have a new stadium More important- it would make it very awkward for me to get across London to any home games that I could get a ticket for 😉
This story appears every so often. I read (a while ago now) an article that confirmed it would not be possible to expand the capacity at The Emirates. This was down to the permissions obtained when the stadium was originally planned.
I think we had better conclude that the current capacity – already only fifth largest in the PL behind Utd, West Ham, Sp*rs and Liverpool – will not increase and may drop further down the list if/when other club grounds are expanded or rebuilt.
Let’s not fool ourselves, the decision makers will be making the choice based on the finances.
True although expanding The Emirates isn’t a realistic proposition because of planning restrictions.
Moving to a new stadium 20 years or so after the move to the current one – as mentioned as a possibility I think in the article – would set a new record (of the unwelcome laughingstock-type, I fear).
We’re stuck, if that’s the right word, with the current stadium and the current capacity.
If you replaced all seats with 3 inches smaller ones you would get an extra 11382 seats for not a lot of money
Says the former head of Airbus 😁👌 just kidding.
The stadium would be filled with the under 10’s
If accurate then that is the simpliest and most cost effective way on expanding capacity. Even trimming the seats half that amount gives an additional 5,000 plus seats. Worth it if at all possible.
I would love to see the stadium capacity enlarged significantly to 80,000 seats at least, with new floodlights and roof capable of being opened/closed. But we will have to ensure a steady squad first, before that can be done, because of the impact it will have on our transfer recruitment.
When the stadium was planned and erected provisions for an increase to a 100000 seater was already in the pipeline.Persuading dad will be juniors next task.
Just imagine then, Vamos, the impact actually building the Emirates in the first place had with regards to our transfer recruitment.
Could that have been a factor in our trophy less seasons leading up to the Wembley fa cup win against Hull City?
I don’t know if the club, by producing a standing area, would then be able to increase capacity, or even filling in the upper tiers to complete the “boxed in” effect around the corners?
Original planning permission for the ground also included a caveat if the capacity was constantly reached then capacity could be increased to 80k. Supposedly there is a design to do this
Our stadeum must be desined to capacity of more than 100,000 seats it can be a wounderfull solution .
I don’t appear to be getting any of my posts published today (why?), but just in case this one is:
There are apparently planning restrictions agreed at the time of the original stadium proposals that prevent Arsenal from expanding The Emirates.
They should have been thinking ahead how did no one think about future expansion I would love to see the capacity enlarged but would not want to hear about us repaying loans for years as an excuse not to rival our rivals Kroenke put your hand in your pocket
Never going to happen. Not only can the stadium not be enlarged, the infrastructure around the area wouldn’t be able to cope.